Can dampness be expelled by drinking Chinese medicine?

As we all know, there is varying degrees of moisture in the human body, which seriously affects people's lives and work. The main symptoms are: unformed stools that easily stick to the toilet bowl; thick tongue coating and gastrointestinal indigestion; loss of appetite; long-term feeling of physical fatigue, etc. There are many ways to eliminate dampness, such as: dietary therapy of eating more coix seed and red beans, etc. This article introduces the use of traditional Chinese medicine to eliminate dampness from the body.

Dampness is the nemesis of modern people's health and is the source or accomplice of most difficult and chronic diseases. As long as the dampness is reduced, all so-called modern diseases will stay away from us, and all disgusting and chronic diseases will lose their support for existence. How to deal with and eliminate dampness?

Exercise and sweating are good ways to remove moisture; especially in the summer, do not turn on the air conditioner or fan, the sweat in the body must come out, otherwise your moisture will be too heavy and you will definitely get sick in the winter.

There is an old saying about the special medicine bag for removing dampness: "A thousand colds are easy to remove, but one dampness is difficult to remove. Dampness is sticky and turbid, like oil in flour." Dampness and cold together are called cold-dampness, together with heat they are called damp-heat, together with wind they are called rheumatism, and together with summer they are called summer-dampness. Special medicine bags for removing dampness are more effective for people with heavier dampness.

Step one: Clean the foot bath tub .

Step 2: Boil water and soak the medicine bag for 8-10 minutes.

Step 3: Use warm water to prepare the medicinal soup at about 40 degrees. (Slightly higher than human body temperature) Pinch the medicine bag (be careful with your hands because it will be hot), when the soup is rich in color, you can start brewing!

Step 4: The water level should be above the ankle joint. You can prepare a pot of hot water when soaking your feet, and add some water when the water gets cold. The best time for foot soaking is 20-25 minutes.

Precautions

1. Patients with severe heart disease should not soak their feet

2. People with large-area injuries on their feet are not suitable for foot bathing

3. Do not soak your feet if you have drunk too much or are feeling unwell after being drunk

4. Diabetics need to pay attention to the water temperature when soaking their feet

5. The water temperature for foot soaking for the elderly and postpartum women should be higher, and the time should not be too long, 15 minutes is appropriate, and soak 3 times a week.

6. Pregnant women and women during menstruation should not soak their feet

Other ways to remove moisture

1. Steaming and sweating:

Steaming can be divided into wet steaming and dry steaming. It can promote the excretion of toxins from the body. It is an activity that can detoxify while sitting. It is more suitable for friends who are "not willing to move" and can also effectively expel moisture from the body.

2. Drink more heat-clearing and dampness-removing soup:

Using appropriate amounts of wild yam, tuckahoe, red bean, tangerine peel, and add lean meat or pork bones to make soup can effectively clear away heat and remove dampness. This is a traditional dehumidifying soup in Guangdong and is suitable for drinking in summer.